Legal Opinion
Ward v. Murphy
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided August 16, 2004No. CIV.3:01CV01908(AVC)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON THE DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
COVELLO, District Judge.
This is an action for damages and in-junctive relief, which alleges, inter alia, that various employees of the Connecticut Department of Children and Families (“DCF”) violated the plaintiffs rights as secured by the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution when they unlawfully removed the plaintiffs minor child from his custody. It is brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. § 12101, and common law tenets concerning…
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